Article: Historical records defy claims of lack of religious freedom in Tibet: official

Article: International Perspectives on Freedom and Equality of Religious Belief.(Book Review)
Journal of Church and State;  March 22, 2003 ;     503 words ......interference with religious belief are ventilated...nation-states claim that religious freedom is a Western...impediments to religious freedom. One major theme...limitations to religious belief in so-called...to freedom of religious belief. All are ...

Article: Signed article rebuts US report on China's religious freedom (1)
Xinhua News Agency;  May 23, 2003 ;     295 words ......rebuts US report on China's religious freedom (1) BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua...the United States on China's religious freedom. In his signed article, Dong...Commission on International Religious Freedom ( USCIRF) released on May 13...the banner of safeguarding religious ...

Article: 2nd Ld: China blasts U.S. accusation on religious freedom
Xinhua News Agency;  September 18, 2006 ;     221 words ......S. accusation on religious freedom BEIJING, Sept. 18...the country in its religious freedom report 2006," Foreign...Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006, which...and situation of religious freedom," Qin said. "It violated...citizens' freedom of ...

Article: China rejects U.S. criticism on religious freedom
Xinhua News Agency;  September 23, 2008 ;     194 words ...China rejects U.S. criticism on religious freedom BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- China on...rejected the U.S. accusation on China's religious policy and freedom, saying it "meddled...opposed to the U.S. accusation in its religious freedom report," Foreign Ministry spokesperson...U.S. State ...

Article: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN NO NEED OF RIGHT-WING POLITICAL SALVATION.(Editorial)(Column)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 4, 1997 ;     687 words ......Wonderland, right-wing religious ideologues once...what he regards as religious freedom. Never mind that...has offered more religious freedom than any other...or acknowledge religious belief, heritage or tradition...principle too far. But religious freedom is not ...

Article: Bush urges religious freedom; As U.S. president, family attend Beijing church, some faithful are left outside on street.(News)
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  August 11, 2008 ;     664 words ......all week for greater religious freedom in China. Kuanjie Protestant...about everything - even religious belief - independent religious...to press for greater religious freedom in China. He sat with...Chinese constitution, religious belief is not a ...

Article: Golly, Madison.(The Arts; Books)(Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America)(Book review)
Newsweek;  March 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......and the unlikely rise of religious freedom. James Madison has long...in creating a culture of religious freedom that has served America...would produce stronger religious belief, not weaker. He was right...was the last, in 1833), religious belief grew. No doubt exists ...

Article: N. Korea among 8 worst countries in religious freedom: State Dept.
YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea;  September 20, 2008 ;     508 words ......countries in terms of religious freedom, a U.S. State Department...provides for 'freedom of religious belief,' genuine religious freedom does not exist. There...level of respect for religious freedom during the reporting...concerned about the atrocious religious ...

Article: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:ELLIOTT ABRAMS
Congressional Testimony;  May 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ......COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Testimony on Religious Freedom in China and the May 1...Commission on International Religious Freedom Presented by Elliott Abrams...Commission on International Religious Freedom House International Relations...Commission on ...

Article: Moral exemptions: should the law give special rights to the religious?(The Impossibility of Religious Freedom)(Book Review)
American Scholar;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ...THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM By Winnifred Fallers Sullivan...Florida's recently passed Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Judge Kenneth...inability of the law to protect religious freedom. She concludes, rather counter-intuitive...context for thinking about religious ...

Article: Leaders testify to lack of religious freedom in Vietnam.(The Orange County Register)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 15, 2001 ;     692 words ......government restricts religious freedom despite its claims...Commission on International Religious Freedom, a 2-year-old body...to track and support religious freedom around the world. The...detained because of a religious belief. The embassy also noted...the population, ...

Article: 3rd Ld-Writethru: China blasts U.S. accusation on religious freedom
Xinhua News Agency;  September 18, 2006 ;     297 words ......U.S. accusation on religious freedom BEIJING, Sept. 18...the country in its religious freedom report," Foreign Ministry...Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006, which...policy and situation of religious freedom," Qin said. "It violated...citizens' ...

Article: STATE DEPT.: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IMPORTANT IN SCHOOLS, SAYS U.S. SCHOLAR
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......extensively has studied religious freedom in Europe and...espouse a particular religious belief. "Many of the...and the right to religious freedom and expression...promoting any kind of religious belief, Gunn said. Many...based on faith and religious beliefs. He ...

Article: A measure of freedom; Open temples, churches and mosques: The governments of Communist China and its democratic neighbor Taiwan both can claim they have religious freedom. But when measured by people's comfort in openly expressing their faith, Chinese freedoms seem fragile.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ......country, reflecting a 20-year resurgence of religious belief and practice that has attracted tens of...it is far from over. Numerous Chinese religious leaders continue to prod and push the envelope...human rights organizations and some outside religious groups regularly accuse the government of ...